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  • Two UCSC students to be honored at UC Day in Sacramento

    Each spring, alumni from the University of California’s nine campuses meet with state lawmakers in Sacramento as part of the annual UC Day legislative conference. At this year’s conference, March 18-19, two UC Santa Cruz students will be honored for work they submitted for the UC Research Poster Competition. Patrice Friedmann and Haivan Ngo will…

  • New findings support ‘Out of Asia’ hypothesis for origin of key groups of modern mammals

    An abrupt episode of global warming and major changes in plant and animal life marked the transition between the Paleocene and Eocene epochs about 55 million years ago. Several groups of mammals, including early primates and modern hooved mammals, made their first appearances in Asia, Europe, and North America around this time. A new study…

  • Calling all kids: Spring break fun on tap at the Seymour Center

    If you’re wondering what to do with your little darlin’s during spring break, look no further than the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, where educators have added new programs and activities for the weeks of March 23-April 7. Keep the kids from bouncing off the walls by enrolling them in fun workshops like “An ROV For…

  • The hilarious, touching and always captivating body-theater of Peru’s Teatro Hugo & Ines

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents TEATRO HUGO & INES “Short Stories” FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! DETAILS » TWO NIGHTS ONLY: Wednesday & Thursday, April 10 & 11, 2002 at 8pm » UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/ID » UCSC Ticket…

  • African American musicians reflect on what is this thing called jazz?

    Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes representing black accomplishment and virtuosity; sometimes a symbol of segregation and creative limitations. It’s a dichotomy that extends from the word to the music as…

  • Learn how to control gophers, on March 16 at the UCSC Farm

    Kids can learn about farm predators during concurrent workshop If those telltale mounds of freshly upturned earth in your garden make you hiss like an agitated house cat, you’ll want to learn the best ways to keep your garden gopher-free during a workshop on Saturday, March 16, at the UC Santa Cruz Farm. Last year…

  • Statewide MESA program and UCSC MESA director honored for innovative education programs

    The California Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program, a statewide program with an academic support center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named one of the five most innovative public programs in the country. In addition, the director of the MESA Schools Program at UC Santa Cruz, Antonio Garcia, was honored individually…

  • Author explores ‘bridge of migrations’ between Japan and Brazil

    Japan and Brazil: It’s hard to image two countries further apart, or two cultures more disparate. But after almost a century of economic and social ties, Japan and Brazil have built a “dynamic bridge of migrations,” says author Karen Tei Yamashita. Her book Circle K Cycles (Coffee House Press, 2001) explores these connections through the…

  • Local children featured in ‘listening to the earth’ performance

    Try this recipe for a special performance event: Take the leadership of Tandy Beal, a theater arts instructor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Add 40 UC Santa Cruz students. Mix well with 200 young local students, their teachers, and community members. Blend in weeks of schools visits, teaching, and practice. The result? Listening…

  • The beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents GYUTO MONKS of Tibet DETAILS » TWO NIGHTS ONLY: Wednesday & Thursday, March 27 & 28, 2002 at 8pm » UCSC Music Center Recital Hall » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/ ID » Tickets: UCSC Ticket Office: 831.459.2159 / On-Line:…

  • The remarkable theatrical work of Collective: Unconscious in their award-winning Charlie, Victor, Romeo

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS in “Charlie, Victor, Romeo” DETAILS » TWO NIGHTS ONLY: Tuesday & Wednesday, March 26 & 27, 2002 at 8pm » UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/ ID » UCSC Ticket Office: 831-459-2159 / On-line:…

  • A Traveling Jewish Theatre presents ‘God’s Donkey: A Play on Moses’

    UC SANTA CRUZ ARTS & LECTURES presents A TRAVELING JEWISH THEATRE in “God’s Donkey: A Play on Moses” DETAILS » TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY: Saturday April 6, 2002 at 8pm & Sunday, April 7, 2002 at 3pm » UCSC Theater Arts Mainstage » Admission: $23 Adult; $19 Students & Seniors w/ ID; $13 UCSC Students w/…

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